Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Crews respond to fire at River Station
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just before 4:30 a.m. Saturday to River Station at 212 SW Water Street on reports of a working fire. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada said someone on the...
Jan 18, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Snow Fighters work to clear snow/ice ahead of freeze
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's street crews worked through the night Friday to clear snow, ice and slush from the city's main routes. Peoria Public Works' Sie Maroon said the roads were in pretty good shape...
Jan 18, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
IDOT preps for 7-month closure of Murray Baker Bridge
PEORIA, Ill. -- The last time significant work was done to the Murray Baker Bridge was 2005. The bridge will be closed March through October of this year for a $42 million face lift. Paul Wapple, Publ...
Jan 17, 2020 (Illinois Dept. of Transportation)
Collins: Get ready for snow, rain and frigid temperatures
PEORIA, Ill. -- Another round of winter weather is headed for Central Illinois. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins predicts the snow will begin after lunch time Friday and continue...
Jan 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
BU issues 2nd alert this week after an armed robbery
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University issued a safety alert Thursday night after reports of an armed robbery near campus. BU and Peoria Police were called just before 10:30 last (Thursday) night to the 1...
Jan 17, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Watchdog: White House violated law in freezing Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government's watchdog agency says a White House office violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine aid. The Government Accountability Office said T...
Jan 16, 2020 FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020. file photo, President Donald Trump, left, and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, right, walk along the colonnade of the White House in Washington. The federal government's watchdog agency says a White House office violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine aid. The Government Accountability Office said Thursday the White House Office of Management and Budget violated the law in holding up the assistance. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
'Pop-A-Shot' brings world headquarters to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A well-known brand in the arcade industry has moved its headquarters from Salinas, Kansas to downtown Peoria. Pop-A-Shot, which produces the original basketball arcade game, unv...
Jan 16, 2020 (popashot.net)
Collins: Expect 2-3 inches of snow, frigid temps this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- A slushy weekend of winter weather will start with snow Friday afternoon. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins forecasts 2-3 inches of snow will overspread the Peoria...
Jan 16, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley (file)
University of Illinois administrators seek a tuition hike
CHICAGO (AP) - University of Illinois administrators have recommended raising tuition costs for in-state freshmen for the first time in six years. Under the recommendation, freshmen entering the unive...
Jan 16, 2020 In this Nov. 20, 2015 photo, University of Illinois students walk across the Main Quad on campus in Urbana, Ill. The university admitted instate students with slightly lower ACT scores this fall to boost its enrollment of students from Illinois. (AP Photo/David Mercer)
Pelosi names Schiff, Nadler as prosecutors for Trump trial
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced the House prosecutors for the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. They include Democrats Adam Schiff of California and Jerrol...
Jan 15, 2020 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., joined by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference to announce impeachment managers on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
